Coiffure for plastic figures and method of making the same



March 28, 1939. H, R PALMER 2,152,085 COIFFURE FOR PLASTIC FIGURES ANDMETHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed A ril 25, 1938 ML w w W. MR M a m m o Ey CE FWMM Patented Mar. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HermioneRuth Palmer, Berkeley, Calif. Application April 25, 1938, Serial No.204,059

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in ornamentation and hasparticular reference to a novel method of decorating or ornamenting thehead of a plastic figure to realize an attractive coiffure thatsimulates the hair of the head of a human being.

The principal object of the invention is to produce, in addition toproviding a novel article of manufacture, a unique method of insertingand securing within the head of the figure the ends of a plurality ofcurls so that the said curls may be retained in said head againstaccidental displacement, and to further form the curls so that alife-like representation of a coiifure will be realized.

. An additional object of the invention is to produce a method that ismost economical and which will result in a highly ornamental andartistic reproduction of varied colored coiffures.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the article of manufacture constructedin accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the plastic head before the ornamentalcurls are applied thereto; and

Fig. 4 illustrates a plurality of strands of wire forming a curl set.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designatesthe base of a plastic figure 6, which in this instance is illustrated asthe head of a girl wearing a cap I. It will be noted, as illustrated toadvantage in Fig. 3, that a plurality of spaced radial openings 8 areprovided in the head, the openings being formed adjacent the meetingline of the head with the cap.

The numeral 9 designates a plurality of sets of intertwining wires thatare substantially straight at one end, thus facilitating the insertionof the same through the openings 8, and are curled adjacent theiropposite ends to thus simulate curls. It will be noted, as disclosed toadvantage in Fig. 3, that as the sets are introduced, the substantiallystraight ends of one set will be intertwined with adjacent ends of theother sets. 5 Thus, the ends of the wires will be sufiicientlyintertwined one with the other to prevent accidental displacement of theformed curls. However, the inherent pliability of the wires will readilypermit the removal of a single set of wires 10 that constitute anindividual curl, should occasion require.

It might be herein mentioned that the curls can be formed either beforeor after the ends of the wires are inserted through the ends of the 15openings -8.

In realizing the finished product of Fig. 1, a model, as disclosed inFig. 3, is first made, and. the spaced holes are then formed in thehead, after which the model is baked, thereafter the 20 ends of a set ofintertwining wires are inserted through the openings, and thereafter thecurlsare formed on the opposite ends of the intertwined wire.

It will be obvious from the foregoing descrip- 25 tion that I haveproduced a most attractive article of manufacture and have resorted to amost unique method in realizing the finished product.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed and the 30 method resorted to may be taken as a preferredexample of the same and that various changes relative to the material,size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the 35 scope of thesubjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A hollow molded head having a plurality of openings therein, a pluralityof strands of wire forming an individual curl set, the strands being 40substantially straight at one end and curled adjacent the opposite end,the straight ends of said strands being introduced through an opening ofthe head and having locking relation with another set of strandsintroduced through an ad- 45 jacent opening of the head.

I-IEFRMIONE RUTH PALMER.

